How many ___ does it take to ___?

[Hank the Cowdog]

Just ask a question, like, 'How many cowboys does it take to operate an airliner' or 'How many vegetarians does it take to eat a meat pizza'. Something like that. The next person will answer the question.

Here's an example, one that I made off of Seven of Nine's question in the Ten Forward Lounge.

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How many programmers does it take to buy ice cream?

It takes 9 programmers to buy ice cream:

1 to calculate the amount of ice cream required.
1 to program a shopping cart the right size for the carton.
1 to program a script to open and close the freezer door.
1 to program a MOD for different Ice Cream flavours.
1 to program a script to easily select and grab Ice Cream cartons.
1 to calculate a path through the store for the shopping cart.
1 to program a MOD for self-checkout, including bar code scanning and credit card slider.
1 to program a bag the right size for the carton.
1 to program an extension to the car so that all of them, including the Ice Cream carton, will fit.

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And now, for the first question!

How many midgets does it take to dunk a basketball on an 8-foot hoop?

[harmlessgoat22]

Depends on how tall each one is...

How many Californians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? 5. 1 to screw it in, 4 to share the experience.

[House]

How many commits does it take to reach a stable phpBB 3.2?

[Highway of Life]

How many commits does it take to reach a stable phpBB 3.2?

That?d be the result of:
d/d? ??? ??d? = ??

(hard to accurately portray on a single line)

[House]

Awe. No wonder.. Normally questions like that just get your topic locked.
Oh, and jsMath does a decent job.